Greece plays the Long Game

Ioanna Michalopoulou shares her views on the transformative changes brought about by Covid19 in Business and Law in Greece, with esteemed colleagues

Cookies and Privacy Protection Online

Check how much you know about #cookies and #privacyprotection online. What you really need to know by Vasiliki (Vicky) P. Tatsi in less than 3 mins #privacylaw #dataprotection #databreach #websitedevelopment #onlinemarketing

Stay Home and use your digital signature

#stayhome and use your digital signature instead: a step by step guide on how to create a digital signature, in times of #covid19 and beyond. Please don’t forget to check the link in the first comment for further information http://www.aped.gov.gr/images/TOKENS_08_11_2018.pdf #menoumespiti#covid19#workfromhome#digitalsignatures#digitalsignature

Greece: Artificial Intelligence & Privacy in the time of Covid-19

The White Paper on Artificial Intelligence published on February 19th by the European Commission presents some important building block policy options. These enable a trustworthy and secure development of artificial intelligence in the EU, fully respecting the presiding values and the fundamental rights of its citizens. The enormous volume of data which has already been

Covid-19 poll out on Competition Law

At a time when the economy is hit hard, competition rules increasingly play a central role in guaranteeing a level playing field between businesses.In view of developments on national level and following EU practices in cooperation with the European Competition Network (ECN), the Hellenic Competition Commission issued a Press Release on March 7th 2020, indicating

Cybersecurity in the time of COVID –19

As governments and businesses work intensively on mitigating the impact of the new COVID-19 pandemic, social distancing measures have led to an increase in remote working across all sectors. Although remote work, when such is possible, is a necessary precaution measure during the pandemic, it does create new legal challenges. Some of these challenges include:

March 2020: Is COVID-19 a force majeure in contractual relations?

1) What do we call Force Majeure? What are its implications for contracts? According to Greek law, the term “act of God, force majeure”, is characterized by any unpredictable and extraordinary event which man, in the natural course of things, cannot foresee and prevent by extreme diligence and the prudence of an average. For example,

COVID-19 and Employees’ Personal Data

In the midst of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic and in an effort to limit and delay its spread, many companies are already processing various, new to date for businesses, personal data categories, including special categories of personal data, such as health data . The key issue that arises, however, relates to the extent and nature

Artificial Intelligence and Facial Recognition

Main risks related to the use of Artificial Intelligence → fundamental rights, including personal data and privacy protection and non-discrimination Artificial Intelligence (AI) can perform many functions that previously could only be done by humans. As a result, citizens and legal entities will be increasingly subject to actions and decisions taken by or with

Genome research & data protection

Our firm’s approach on Genomic research and data protection in view of the CRISPR technology. You may read our article below: https://lawgroup.gr/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Healthcare-and-Life-Sciences-Law-Sept-2019.pdf “This article first appeared on the website of the Healthcare and Life Sciences Law Committee of the Legal Practice Division of the International Bar Association, and is reproduced by kind permission of the
legal breakthrough

Μedical Device Litigation against the National Organization for the Provision of Healthcare Services (EOPYY)

Michalopoulou & Associates successfully represented a medical devices company on dispute arising from the enforcement of a monetary amount on behalf of EOPYY related to the reimbursement of specific expendable medical supplies (medical dressings). Our team successfully proved before the competent court that the enforced monetary amount did not include sufficient and unambiguous justification in

Artificial Intelligence and Copyright Protection: Where do we stand?

Artificial intelligence and the application of AI in modern life has brought ground-braking changes in modern life, while newest innovative technologies are yet to come. Indeed, AI is a collective expression of multiple sectors bringing together a series of technologies from machine learning systems, in which computers can function, develop and improve through experience, to